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Yes. A concrete example of nonunique factorization in a congruence submonoid isThe four factors are distinct and each is congruent to one modulo ten. The primes $3,7,13,17$ can be checked by trial division by two and three. Their elementary prime decompositions areFor any one of these products $pq$, where $p,q$ are the indicated distinct primes, its positive divisors are $1,p,q,pq$. This divisor assertion does not require unique factorization: if $d\mid pq$ and $p\nmid d$, then $p\mid pq/d$ by the Euclid lemma proved in (a), so $d\mid q$ and $d$ is either one or $q$. If $p\mid d$, write $d=pe$ and obtain $e\mid q$, giving $d=p$ or $pq$.

None of $3,7,13,17$ is congruent to one modulo ten. Consequently no listed product has a proper nonunit divisor in $S$. Thus each is an irreducible element of a commutative monoid, and the displayed equality proves the claim. Ordinary prime decompositions and irreducibility relative to the smaller commutative monoid $S$ are different notions.